1. Integrating College and Career Readiness
Career Development Education
Webinar – March 10, 2015

2. Career Development Education2 2

3. Context: Success after High School
All students deserve a world-class education that prepares them for success after high school
Academic proficiency is no longer enough to ensure student success
Students also need to be proficient in the knowledge, skills and experiences required to navigate the workplace and function as contributing citizens 3

4. Origins of Current CCR Definition
2011 – The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) created task force on better integrating college and career readiness into K-12 education (ICCR Task Force)
2012 – ICCR Task Force completed report and recommendations. BESE voted to accept the recommendations; charged Department of ESE to develop blueprint for implementation
Report provides definition of Career readiness: “An individual has the requisite knowledge, skills and experiences in the academic, workplace readiness and personal/social domains to successfully navigate to completion an economically viable career pathway in a 21st century economy.” 4

5. College and career readiness means an individual has the requisite knowledge, skills and experiences in the academic, workplace readiness, and personal/social domains to successfully navigate to completion an economically viable career pathway in a 21st century economy. 5

6. Career Development Spectrum
The process through which an individual comes
to understand his or her place in the world of work
CAREER AWARENESS
Career Speakers
Career Days/Fairs
Career Interest Inventories
Company Tours
Students are aware of the broad
range of career and/or
occupations in the world of work
CAREER IMMERSION
Internships
Capstone Projects
Entrepreneurial Enterprise
Clinical Experiences
Part-Time Employment
CVTE Cooperative
Education
Apprenticeship
Students engage in structured work and learning experiences connected to teaching and learning
CAREER EXPLORATION
Students engage in some in-depth exposures to
career options
Job Shadowing
Job Rotation
Informational Interviews
Job Skills Portfolio
Community Service
Leadership in Career Clubs
Contextual Learning
Coursework
Labor Market Research 6

7. The Career Development Education Guide
A guide for career development education, focusing on the continuum of career awareness, career exploration and career immersion activities.
Includes a glossary of career development activities with definitions and frameworks to assist with efforts to create, expand or improve on existing CDE initiatives.
The Career Development Education Guide/Glossary can be found at: 7 7

8. ESE’s Performance Targets for CDE
Schools
Increase the percent of high schools offering career development activities
Students
Increase the number of students participating in career development activities
Employers
Increase the number of employers sponsoring career development activities 8 8

9. Exemplary CDE Models in Schools
Students participate in a well-designed sequence of CDE activities that become progressively deeper and more intensive as the students gain skills and maturity.
Their CDE experiences occur over the course of several years, starting with awareness and moving to exploration and then immersion, ideally beginning no later than middle school
Their experiences are linked to an individual college and career planning process, often called an “Individual Learning Plan,” with experiences documented in a portfolio
The CDE offered by the district also addresses students’ attitudes and beliefs about their future selves, ensuring a personalized approach to their learning process
See ESE’s Roadmap Rubric to assess your district’s CDE system (This is the page that reviews our professional development plans; there are links to several of our tools there, including the rubric.) 9 9

10. CVTE – A Leading Context for CDE
The state’s system of career vocational technical education (CVTE) offers an optimal model for CDE
9th Graders participate in “Exploratory,” a course designed to allow students to check out all of the CVTE programs of study offered at the school, satisfying the awareness and exploration stages
Students select a program of study at the end of 9th grade, and then receive a significant amount of technical training in their program over the next three years
Students have the opportunity for a “Coop” experience, along with an in-depth training in their field, satisfying the immersion stage
Students develop a career plan, which is a form of ILP 10 10

11. Connecting Activities as a CDE Support
Includes about 200 high schools in network.
Especially valuable to schools without CVTE
Brokers connections with employers to provide
all phases of CDE, as requested by schools
Accent on work-based learning, e.g. internship
programs, with placements tailored to student
interests and career goals.
Provides technical assistance and PD to staff
implementing these initiatives.
Visit massconnecting.org for more information 11 11

12. How CA Supports CDE in Schools
Through Connecting Activities, the WIBs are actively involved in developing and/or supporting all three types of career development for students in high schools across the state
In its annual RFP for CA, ESE requests WIBs to present numeric goals about all three realms for its partner high schools, which serve as performance measures
Each fiscal year, WIBs are required to enter data about these activities in the CA database, and the year-end results are compared to the goals
Many high schools rely on CA to provide the programmatic elements needed for career awareness, exploration and/or immersion, such as job shadow programs, career fairs, company tours, guest speakers, and internship program placements 12

13. Another CDE Context: ICCR Demonstration Sites
CDE is a central aspect of this 2 year initiative, which was designed to incentivize districts to develop mechanisms for College and Career Readiness for all students:
There are five districts involved:
Chicopee
Gill-Montague
Hampden-Wilbraham
Northbridge
Weymouth
Each of these is actively involved in CDE for students, and are at various stages of implementing CDE activities during this year, which is the implementation year for the project 13 13

14. Lowell High School’s CDE Work14 14

15. Lowell High School – Overview
High School is located in the heart of downtown Lowell in an urban setting
Enrollment currently at 3,020 students
A comprehensive high school that offers 7 pathways:
Engineering
Health
Civic Engagement
Business
TV/ Communications
Fine Arts
Health and Bioscience
Eleven Guidance Counselors at LHS with an average case load of 300 students. 15

16. Lowell’s College and Career Center
College and Career Center (CCC) within the high school to support students and initiatives through out the year, such as
PSAT administration
scholarships
dual enrollment
college rep. visits
job assistance & resume-building
SAT registration
college applications
Three Guidance Counselors staff the College and Career Center which is open all day to service students with anything college or career related.
Guidance Counselors can refer students at any time or students can access the center on as needed basis. 16

17. Lowell Leading CDE Initiatives
Hired Career Relations Counselor for the College and Career Center (CCC) 2013/2014 school year
Career Center of Lowell established office hours in CCC
District purchased Naviance for high school
This year, Naviance introduced at every grade level twice a year, reaching all students
Career interest inventories saved in student portfolios
Pathways marketed to students during freshmen seminar class to highlight electives available
Showcase of pathways in Freshmen Academy 17

18. Naviance Curriculum by Grade Level
Grade 9: Three Units
Strengths Explorer and Intro to Naviance
Career Cluster Finder
Game Plan
Grade 10: Two Units
Career Interest Profiler - (More in depth than Career Cluster Finder)
Resume/Game Plan Update
Grade 11: Two Units
Do What You Are – Personality Type Survey
College Search/ Game Plan Update
Grade 12: Two Units
Using Naviance for the College Application Process
Senior Survey 18

19. CDE initiatives in Lowell
Career speakers series with various business professionals i.e. Lowell General Hospital partnership
Panel discussions for pathways and open forum, i.e. Engineering panel, Women in Engineering
Internships for students in Health, Engineering and Civic Engagement Pathways, developing them for Business path
Field trips through Junior Achievement to specific industry related to pathways
Foundations skills workshops: interview skills, resume writing, dress for success
Career series video to highlight professionals (alumni interviewed with TV studio during advisory) 19

20. CDE initiatives in Lowell (cont.)
Representatives from the Career Center of Lowell in high school once a week for part time job assistance through Connecting Activities
Host Job Fair in the spring in collaboration with Career Center of Lowell, another Connecting Activities effort
Options Fair for seniors looking for trade/vocational training programs
Partnership with Junior Achievement offering free field trips to area businesses related to pathways
Membership with the Greater Lowell of Chamber of Commerce
Partnership with Middlesex Community College/U Mass Lowell

21. Business Education Articulation Agreement
Middlesex Community College agrees to grant credits towards Lowell High School coursework in an effort to eliminate unnecessary duplication of instruction as well as encourage students to further their education in at the post secondary level at MCC
LHS MCC (3 credit courses)
Power Point & Excel and Google This CAP 101 Microcomputer Application
Accounting 1A & Accounting 1B BUS 120 Intro to Accounting Marketing 1A & Marketing 1B BUS 240 Principles of Marketing
Personal Finance BUS 121 Personal Money Mgmt
Business Law 1 & Business Law LGL 102 Business Law
Intro to Financial Services (JDCU) BUS 214 Cooperative Field Exp. 1

22. Our work moving forward for CDE at Lowell High School
Continued relationship with Workforce Investment Board
Develop internship opportunities for every pathway
Foundation skills built into curriculum
Build on Career Speakers Series
Offer more worksite visits and field trips
Articulation agreements in the works for the Fine Arts Pathway, TV/Media partnership with MCC
Continue to grow pathway programs, offering certifications within each pathway
Maintain relationship with the Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce
Continue to grow certifications in our pathway programs, currently offering OSHA, Serv Safe, Adobe Illustrator, First Aid and CPR certifications 22

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